Mobile Healthcare 2010

With the need to treat more patients in less time, and the need to cut overall costs, comes an increased focus on mobile technology as a means to achieve the productivity and cost-efficiency savings that are necessary in the healthcare sector, while all the time striving to improve patient care and standards.

Technological development in the mobile marketplace as a whole is fast-paced and with patients rapidly adopting smart-phone technology and applications in their personal lives, it is only a matter of time before they come to expect the same capabilities and speed of service when they access healthcare services too, whether public or private.

Ark Group’s 2nd annual Mobile Healthcare event

This conference gives you the opportunity to explore with your peers the exciting possibilities for mobility in the healthcare sector. These possibilities appear endless and extend to ideas such as the diagnosis of patients by video and the regular use of smart-phones by clinicians to do their work. But we understand that in order to be fully adopted and for benefits to be realised, any mobile solution must fit the profession specific needs of the healthcare sector and must take into account factors such as patient confidentiality and ease of use; as well as urgency in the acute and emergency sector and the need for constant connectivity in a community services environment.

In the current environment, of course, solutions must first and foremost demonstrate clear and measurable cost-efficiency benefits and at this event, all speakers have been tasked with linking mobility to identifiable financial benefits.

For the second year

This event will bring together those who are leading the implementation of mobility projects in the health sector with the suppliers of the most up-to-date technology. Participants can learn from those at the leading edge of mobile healthcare provision. Accordingly, the speaker line-up includes IM&T Directors from healthcare organisations, both public and private; Central Government representatives, to give you an update on national programmes; and academics who are at the forefront of healthcare mobility research.

Each session will include a group discussion to give all participants the opportunity to ask questions and contribute their ideas and experience to the floor.

Designed for the senior IM&T professional, this is, above all, a valuable opportunity for participants to meet with each other and to learn from each other’s experience of mobility project implementation, both positive and negative, success and failure, to leave the compact day of learning and networking, with a clear vision of what needs to be done.

In summary, this one day programme will help you:

• Manage business change to ensure that mobile technology is adopted
• Identify the cash releasing benefits of mobile solutions and ensure that they are realised
• Survey the market and choose the right mobile device for your clinicians and nurses
• Decide whether or not to implement unified communications technology
• Look in-depth at digital pens as an alternative healthcare mobility device
• Adopt an evidence-based approach for your mobility project

Testimonials

"The event was well organised and never strayed from the agenda which applied the focus both parties required to conduct business. I would highly recommend these events as they actually deliver results."
Grant Shenton, Account Manager, Outsourcery

"Given the changing climate that the healthcare sector is experiencing , I felt it important to return to Ark Group’s Mobile Healthcare event this year as I know I will benefit from sharing valuable insights and experience in cost-saving mobility implementations with my peers from other healthcare organisations."
Paul Chapman, Clinical Lead for Information Technology, Rotherham Community Health Services

"Innovative, mobile healthcare technologies can play a pivotal role in enabling the kind of service change required to deliver better quality services at the same time as significant improvements in productivity. This conference will provide an opportunity to explore a wide range of mobile technology solutions in a range of healthcare settings. NTAC looks forward to participating in this exciting programme."
Colin Callow, Programme Director, NHS Technology Adoption Centre

Who should attend Mobile Healthcare 2010?

Mobile Healthcare 2010 has been designed for senior decision makers and budget holders of IMT spend in the NHS and private healthcare companies who are sourcing new upgrades for existing systems or seeking to implement new solutions for the first time.

Highlights include:

George Mac Ginnis from PA Consulting and Continua Alliance on how can we deliver affordable and approachable mobility to clinicians working in hospitals and communities

Adrian Byrne from Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust on practical experience with mobile devices: identifying both the barriers to use and the cash releasing benefits

Dr. Philip Scott from University of Portsmouth on is your health informatics project evidence based?